TBILISI, September 22 – Georgia’s famed wine-making region of Kakheti is reporting a smooth grape harvest this year, with tens of thousands of tons already processed. According to the National Wine Agency, as of September 22 winemakers in Kakheti have processed 84,000 tons of grapes without disruption. The region, in eastern Georgia, is the heart … Read more
TBILISI, September 1 – Georgia’s 2025 grape harvest begins under new rules that scrap subsidies for private companies and leave only the state-owned “Harvest Management Company” to buy up surplus grapes. The government also announced prices in advance: 1.50 lari per kilo for Saperavi, 1.20 lari for Rkatsiteli and other varieties, and 1 lari for … Read more
TBILISI, August 13 – The Georgian government will no longer subsidize private wine companies to buy surplus grapes. Instead, any grapes the private sector does not purchase will be bought directly by a state-owned enterprise, the Harvest Management Company, at fixed prices. In the eastern Kakheti region, the key Saperavi variety will be purchased at … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–This year’s grape harvest has begun in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region.
More than 1,850 tons of rkatsiteli grape and more than 1,110 tons of saperavi has been processed in Dedoplistskaro.
Wine producing companies pay 80 tetris for saperavi,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government may change a new controversial law on immigration that has caused a wave of confusion and irritation in the country’s expat community.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said this during a visit to the eastern Kakheti region
TBILISI, DFWatch–81 companies have received and produced the highest amounts of grapes for decades, according to the Agriculture Ministry: 80 097.6 tons of grapes have already been processed this season. Last year, the number was 52 000 tons.
Of Saperavi, one of the
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia is subsidizing the grape harvest with 25 million lari (USD 15 million) in the form of cheap loans to wine companies. This is a threefold rise, compared to previous years.
Explaining the increased stimulation of the wine